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Re: What are 'true italics'?
Italic, functionally, refers to a class of letter that is used in a particular, conventional and articulatory way in most Latin script typography. I'd say this use, based on textual function rather t…2 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
Italics derive, ultimately, from the Italian secretarial hand of the 15th Century, which is to say that they derive from the cursive, informal scribal hand, while romans derive from the formal bookha…5 -
Re: Searching for a vector-based emoji font
Does anyone know the source of the black and white glyphs shown in the Unicode Emoticons chart? I suspect that would be suitable for Joshua’s purposes.1 -
Re: Contract/agreement for custom font work
Yes. That's how I ended up hiring a Dutch lawyer to review a contract. Who is drafting the contract is one of the things I take into account when deciding who gets to specify the jurisdiction (along …1 -
Re: Type Engineering: How to get into it?
Firstly, this work requires attention to and good memory for detail. That’s true of type design too, but on the engineering side it is crucial. Being able to work systematically is also important. If…8
